by mike silver | Mar 1, 2010 | Boston Red Sox, Clay Buchholz, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Jeremy Hermida, Manny Delcarmen, Michael Bowden
As the hometown team boasts one of the strongest starting nine in the American League, it can be difficult to detect sleepers among the pack. Don’t be fooled, however. They are there and prepped to support an elite cast looking to avenge last season’s early playoff...
by mike silver | Feb 22, 2010 | Joba Chamberlain, New York Yankees, Nick Johnson, Phil Hughes
For a team that won the 2009 league championship while standing atop the AL East leaderboards for much of the past decade, the team would seem, at first glance, bereft of sleepers. Not so, however, even for these ’09 defending champions. A favorite even at this early...
by mike silver | Feb 15, 2010 | Brett Cecil, David Purcey, Dustin McGowan, Ricky Romero, Scott Richmond, Shaun Marcum, Toronto Blue Jays, Travis Snider, Vernon Wells
Well folks, this one’s about to get ugly. Not just this season, mind you, but for a few years – though, if Anthopoulos is as good as advertised, there might just be a way out of this mess. It’s too bad, really, as the makeup of this pitching staff makes this team one...
by mike silver | Feb 8, 2010 | Adam Jones, Baltimore Orioles, Brian Matusz, Chris Tillman, Felix Pie, Koji Uehara, Matt Wieters
Starting this season, the Orioles will be one of the more interesting teams in the division for what should be the better part of the decade. The top of the minors are awash with upper echelon pitching prospects (Brian Matusz, Chris Tillman, Jake Arrieta) to go along...
by mike silver | Feb 1, 2010 | B.J. Upton, Desmond Jennings, Kelly Shoppach, Pat Burrell, Tampa Bay Rays, Wade Davis
For a team that, in any given year, is a collection of sleepers, this team has a number of high-upside contributors looking for either a rebound or breakout season. For the Rays to compete, they will need every player on the roster firing at all cylinders as the 2010...
